we are weaning our 7 mo DS and am keen to get him off the bottle and on to a cup asap as have heard bottles are not good for the teeth. Have heard that cups with valves are also not good for teeth. Have tried the doidy cup but he seems to want to dip his hand in and play with the contents. only has a couple of sips. Then got a Tommee Tippee Easyflow beaker thing, that does not require sucking. Only he doesnt get it. Doesnt seem to realise he has to bite it and he just gets frustrated & cries. Now have a tommee tippee first cup, but am not sure if this has a valve or not. So not keen to use it if no valve. How do I get the lad to take water? Doesnt seem interested in it. Oh, and the weaning routine - all I seem to do is feed him or give him bottles. Is this normal: breastfeed on waking (around 7), breakfast around 8, milk approx 125ml at 10.30 / 11 ish, lunch at 12.30 ish, more milk at 3, tea at 4.30 or 5, more milk before bed at 6.45 or 7pm....should he have milk with his food??? Am keen to make sure he gets at least 500ml per day. please help as we have NO idea what we are doing!!!!